Sparklehorse to release posthumous album ‘Bird Machine’, share single ‘Evening Star Supercharger’
nme.comSparklehorse is set to be released later this year — written by frontman Mark Linkous shortly before his death. Check out new single ‘Evening Star Supercharger’ below.The album was written by the frontman in 2009, and was set to be his fifth studio album, following on from 2006’s ‘Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain’.
Recorded alongside Steve Albini at his Static King music studio, work on the album came to a halt following the news of Linkous’ sudden death by suicide in March 2010.
He was aged 47.Now, over 13 years since his passing, the musician’s brother Matt and sister-in-law Melissa have revisited the album, and confirmed that they will be releasing it posthumously in his memory.“It’s the hardest decision I’ve ever made”, said Matt on the decision to share the album. “It’s difficult making a choice about someone else’s art, even if you’ve known them all your life and worked with them, even if they were your brother and best friend.
We had long conversations about not wanting to take this into a different direction. We wanted to bring out what was there.”Upon revisiting the project, the two discovered that the album — titled ‘Bird Machine’ — was near completion, and thus enlisted help from trusted musicians to finish it. “It was as though the songs let you know”, explained Melissa. “Mark communicated these songs.
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